Improvement in the manufacture of gloves



G. S. HEWITT.

. Manufacture of Gloves.'

' N0'162474' v PatentedApri|27,1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

GEORGE S. HEWITT, OF JOHNSTOlVN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GLOVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,474, dated April27, 1875; application filed To all whom it may concern Be it known thatI, GEORGE S. HEWITT, of Johnstown, county of 'Fulton and State of NewYork, have invented an Improved Process of Making Gloves, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof.

My invention relates to the process or order of proceeding in themanufacture of gloves, hereinafter particularly described, and consistsin slitting or cutting the fourchette, which is the part that joins thefront and back pieces of the fingers of a glove, its entire length fromend to end, and lapping the edges of the fronts and backs of the fingersupon the outer edges of the pieces of the fourchette, respectively, andstitching them together, and then closing the slits in the fourchettesby inseams, whereby all the seams which join the fourchettes to thefronts and backs of the tingers will be lapped sea-ms stitched through;a glove being fabricated and the seams sewed up much more convenientlyand readily than by any process hitherto known or practiced, andespecially affording the opportunity of using the sewing-machine for thepurpose.

Figure l is a view of the back of a glove made by my process. Fig. 2 isacross-section of one of the fingers of the same.

In carrying out my in vention, after the pieces of which the glove is tobe formed have been cut or stamped out in the usual manner, I slit orcut the fourchette F its entire length from end to end, thus making itinto the two pieces a and I). Then, while the glove is yet unclosed, Ilap the edges of the front piece A of the finger upon the outer edges ofthe pieces a, of the fourchette, and stitch them together; and 1' lapthe edges of the back pieces B of the finger upon the outer edges of thepieces I) of the fourchette, and stitch them together, as shown in Fig.2. The glove is then closed at March 4, 1875.

the seam O, and the slits in the fourchette are closed by inseams c, andthe fourchettes are sewed together at their lower ends by inseams d.

It is desirable to form a glove in which all the seams which join thefourchettes to the fronts and backs of the fingers shall be lappedseamsthat is, seams in which the edges of the fronts and backs of thefingers shall be lapped over the edges of the fourchettes and stitchedthrough; and when the method and order of proceedings I have specifiedare practiced, and fourchettes which are divided into two parts areemployed, each part being sewed to the fronts and backs of the fingersot' a glove by a lapped seam while the glove is unolosed, and before thetwo parts of the fourchette are united together, opportunity is affordedto form such lapped seams conveniently and without difficulty, suchdiftlculty always existing when the fourchette is in a single piece,even when the seams are closed by hand, while by this method all theseams may be conveniently closed, even by the sewing-machine.

WVhat Iclaim as my invention,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The process of fabricating a glove by slitting the fourchette its entirelength, from end to end, into two pieces and lapping the edges of thefronts and backs of the fingers upon the outer edges of the pieces ofthe fourchette, and stitching them together before the glove is closed,and then closing the glove and closing the slits in the fourchettes byinseams, and sewing the lower ends of the fourchettes together byinseams, as described.

GEO. S. HEWITT. WVitnesses:

J. M. DUDLEY, JERRY KEcK.

